About...
- Name
- Folded Feather
- A bit about
Folded Feather is firmly positioned at the forefront of the UK contemporary puppetry scene, with an established reputation for the creation of bold, unique and exciting productions which push the boundaries of cutting-edge puppet theatre.
Folded Feather is an award winning theatre company which is strongly connected and collaborates with many of the world’s leading puppeteers and artists as well as high profile theatre, film and television companies including the Little Angel Theatre, The Roundhouse, The Pleasance, Nickelodeon and ITV.Folded Feather regularly presents its productions at the world’s most prestigious performing art’s festivals.
Our performances have featured and continue to be a part of Festivals in Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, The United Arab Emirates and The United Kingdom.
Company Members
Oliver Smart
Oliver's passion for puppetry and object theatre began while completing a degree in Visual Arts in Auckland, New Zealand. In New Zealand Oliver worked with numerous local musicians on the creation of music videos and specialized in blending puppetry with actors and dancers in theatre performances. Since arriving in the UK in 2006 Oliver has colaborated with theatre companies such as Puppetlab in Edinburgh, Sixth Sense in Swindon, Traveling Light of Bristol and Blind Sumit in London. Oliver is currently a tutor in puppetry construction and movement technique at The Little Angel Theatre and is a visiting tutor at The Central School of Speech and Drama in London.Matt Short
Matt's professional music career began over a decade ago, playing acoustic guitar as a solo artist and within numerous bands. After studying composition at Trinity College, London, he worked as a composer for theatre and film, in this capacity Matt wrote the original score for The Little Prince, premiered at The Salisbury Theatre and co-devised Soap Soup Theatre's production How to Deal with Very Bad Things, which was premiered at The Bristol Old Vic. When not working with Folded Feather Matt is a professional chef as well as teaching puppetry construction and technique through The Little Angel Theatre, London.
Contact Details
- Organisation name
- Folded Feather
- Physical Address
Unit 3K
167 Hermitage Road
London
N4 1LZ
UK- foldedfeather@gmail.com
- Phone
- 0044 7852799651
- Organisation Website URL
- http://www.foldedfeather.com
- Personal Website URL
- http://www.oliversmart.net
- Linkedin URL
- http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/oliver-smart/a/ba6/aaa
- YouTube URL
- http://www.youtube.com/foldedfeather
- Facebook URL
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Folded-Feather/183322808358855
- Twitter URL
- http://www.twitter.com/foldedfeather
History
- Member for
- 1 year 4 weeks
Connected With
Videos
Folded Feather was set the task of building two large-scale puppets using only car parts. These were then performed at the Hyundai HQ in Germany.
Please welcome to the stage an incredibly entertaining group of objects who ooze attitude, charm and an abundance of talent.
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